The National tribune., 1887-06-02
ANDERsONvILLz.
A Few "reminiscences and Some Information Con-
cerning Comrades.

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eerning Comrades.
EDITOR NATIONAL Tribune AZ home 20
night in thinking over the dark days when the
souls Of patriots were tried, called up recOlieG.
tons of AndersOnville. and in referring to dsta
made when in the stOckade and hospital, I viii
jot down some memoranda, trusting that il may
fall uader the eyes of some Of our comrades and
friends whose names may appear here And
should any Of those whom mention be still OF
earth, would be glad to hear from them
From small diary find the following
names; T. 3. Woods Co. b. 9th Ky, whom I
met first in SCOTS Building. i'm Richmond ia
January, 1861; Serg't Chas. III. Nickerson, 65th
Ohio; A. w. Pratt, Co l., lss Ne. Cav; ". Hill,
Co. A, Sd Va; - Wierth, Co. f. 10th Va; 5.
Winders. Co. X, 8th Mich; l.. Dunn, Co. A, Sd
Va; j. Henry, Co. III, Sth Tenn. Cav. The i've
last named were in the 18th ward Of the hos
pital.
On the next page find Samuel Divon, l35th
Ohio, who died Oct. 1. In his dying moments
he spoke Of his wife, and gave me her name
Mary Diyon, of Newark. He died before
could get the full address, but / Judge the
proper address would be Newark. o. should
this be correct, and the widow is still living,
would be glad to hear from her If / can be Of
service to her. w. w. Oliver, Co. Z, I'D Ind.
1 think he was in the ward for tue wounded.
Veaeh Thompson, Co. E. 10th N. X. Jacob
UDger, Co. l., 18th N. Y, who had dropsy
very bad, and my Impression now is that death
came to his relief. E L. Chase, Co. q, Odd H.,
also had dropsy, but / am in doubt as 10 his
fate. L. King, Co. G., ID Iowa Cav, who was ia
ward for the wounded. S. Cornelius, Co. B,
5oth Ind; had dropsy. S. Larry, Co. K SD
Pa A eOmrade gave me the name of Mrs.
Louisa V. Johnson, Alyia, Monroe Co., Iowa,
and requested me to write her n case Of his
II M ha yva= hfr hTfah af,1 bttk,
We're soon separated I am in doubts as to his
fate Henry Q. Million, Co. X. 4th Ky. MID
Inf; Serg't John G. Frederick, CO. A, 4lth H.;
/ Sergt Clark N. ThOrp, Co. B, 1st battalion 10Th
/ U. S. Inf; ]. t. Palmer, Co. f, 9Th Conn; JnO.
Little, Co. ], Tooth NJ Y; Jno. S. Hayes, Co. II,
/ 9TH Ky.
| The above comprise all the names I have in
my little book. Before me, however, / have
two others, one Of which made of some papers
/ that traded for, and in this find the follow
/ ing: " Jan. % 1S65.-This is day long to be
/ remembered; very nearly 200 men were recruit
| ed for the 10th Tenn. (rebel). God forbid that
/ should ever be guilty of such dastardly ard
| cowardly treachery; death is preferable"
/ Who knows but some of these same rascal3
may be to-day on the pensiOn-rolls Of the Gov
/ eminent.
/ While I am on this subject viii relate liz
/ tie incident. Early one morning during this
recruiting period a large, double-hste fellow,
| whose name has escaped-my memory, a mem-
/ Der Of Battery NJ I'd o. s. Art deserted his
/ flag and went over TO the enemy. AS he was
/ leaving the hospital in charge of Sergeant
of the 50th Ca, a large crowd of the boys
/ gathered about the entrance. swearing and
/ heaping all kinds Of uncOmplimentary re-
marks upon the massive sku!ker. Among
I them was a brave and noble little fellow about
/ five feet five inches high, and whose weight nc
/ that time / am quite sure did not exceed 100
Il ID TlrYf aaI kry0 - a.
prosperous merchant of Philadaphia. just rs
/ the guard reached point about 20 feet from
/ the gate Read threw himself in front of the big
deserter and struck him as strong blow as bis
/ weak condition would admit. The big fellows
| head was doubtless proof against blows, but ~
the courageous Read was armed with the con-
/ seriousness OF q patriot doing a sacred duty, his
blow was much more vigorous than it would
/ have been under ordinary circumstances Az
| soon as Read struck the fellow the crowd
/ closed in, but the Sergeant drew his revolver
and would have killed Read,-in fact, made
/ every attempt to do sO,-but Read was hustled
to the rear and his life saved. A guard rushed
| in, carried the traitor out and his life was also
| saved; for had it not been for the prompt action
of the guard the big fellow would have been
! swinging in mid-air within i've minutes.
| Shortly after this occurred Capt. Wirtz head
ing strong guard, came in and arrested poor
Read. Wirtz ordered him to be put in the
Stocks Tor "A hours, DuC as This meant hOrrld,
cruel death, DR.. Pelot and others Of the Sur
geOns interpOsed, and Read was placed in frons
of the gate of the hospital in a standing posi-
ton, with orders to the guard to kill him if he
attempted to sit down. Again the Doctors in
| terposed, and secured his release and return TO
| the hospital, after standing four hours in ons
position. Poor Read-sO noble, so brave, 80
true to his country and fag-wss so weak thss
he was carried by his comrades to his little
SHELTER where all the loving and tender care Of
his friends was showered upon him. Being
possessed of strong will and determined spirit,
aided by the kind attentions Of his comrades
and several of the Surgeons, Read pulled
through, and now, as then, he is loved by al
whose good fortune it is to know him. Ths
other fellow-what has become of bimS have
list showing date of death Of all the 10th Ill.
Cav. who died there, and I have complete lise
of all the Illinois troops who died there, giving
name, company, regiment, date Of death, and
number of grave, which / copied from the
death register through the kindness of Ds,
Stevenson. | also made list of the Kentucky
troops who died, but as / sent the original 70
Gov. Bramlett have no eOpy.-N. r. GRUELLs,
Gainesville, Fla.